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Portlanders doing good

• Downtown walk benefits ALS victims

Alpenrose Dairy and the ALS Association are hosting a three-mile walk at noon Sunday, Sept. 25, from the Portland World Trade Center. Check-in begins at 11 a.m., though participants can register before the event at walktodefeatals.org. There's no fee to participate.

Walkers raise money through sponsors, with all funds toward the association's $335,000 Portland goal going to the research of ALS - Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or Lou Gehrig's disease.

Founded in 2002, The ALS Association Oregon and Southwest Washington Chapter serves the needs of caretakers and those livings with ALS.

Arab cuisine, a bazaar, crafts and entertainment will fill the Fulton Community Center in Southwest Portland Sunday, Sept. 25. An entrance donation of $5 purchases three raffle tickets. Otherwise, raffle tickets can be purchased for $2.

The largest Arab festival in Oregon, Mahrajan, is the second annual event hosted by the Arab American Cultural Center of Oregon. The alcohol-free party showcases the spirit of Oregon's Arab-Americans.

Six luminary local chefs will gather Sunday, Oct. 2, to raise funds for The Wetlands Conservancy on the property of a future conservation project in Tualatin.

This year, the Oregon nonprofit honors its 30th anniversary with cocktails and a silent auction beginning at 3:30 p.m. and a four-course dinner set to start at 5 p.m. Tickets, available at www.wetlandsconservancy.org, are $125 per person, with the guest list limited to the first 125.

Chefs Dustin Clark of Wildwood restaurant in Northwest Portland; Broc Willis of downtown's Southpark; Ken Norris of Riffle in Merlin; Liu Xin of Oregon Oyster in Newport and Kim Boyce - author of Good To The Grain - will prepare a farm-style dinner celebrating three decades of wetland conservation in Oregon, with drinks provided by Chehalem Wines, Widmer Brothers Brewing and Bull Run Distillery.